COVAR
legacy form of COVARIANCE.P: population covariance · from excel · excel: not yet compared · sheets: not yet compared
signature
COVAR(array1, array2)
returns: number
| argument | required |
|---|---|
| array1 | required |
| array2 | required |
examples
formula and result, taken from the engine's own test suite — every result below is asserted in CI, not written by hand.
| A | B | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 2 |
| 2 | 20 | 4 |
| 3 | 30 | 6 |
| 4 | 40 | 8 |
| 5 | 50 | 10 |
fx
=COVAR(A1:A10, B1:B10) 40 related
- AVEDEV average of absolute deviations from the mean
- AVERAGE.WEIGHTED average of values weighted by a second range
- AVERAGEA averages values including text and logicals
- AVERAGEIF averages cells that match a condition
- AVERAGEIFS averages cells matching multiple conditions
- BETA.DIST beta distribution